Musk grew up with his brother Elon older , sister Tosca younger , and many cousins. While in school, Musk first worked at Scotiabank. He graduated with his degree from Queen's University in Musk's first venture was a residential painting business with College Pro Painters in , the same year he and his elder brother, Elon , started their second company, Zip2. Zip2 was an online city guide that provided content for the new online versions of The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune newspapers.
After selling Zip2, Musk invested in several young software and technology companies. Musk was an early investor in his brother's venture X. Next Door American Eatery is a growing restaurant concept with ten locations as of After seven years of supporting the Growe Foundation to plant school gardens in the Boulder community, [ 32 ] in Musk and Matheson established Big Green [ 33 ] originally named The Kitchen Community , a c3 nonprofit to help connect kids to real food by creating dynamic Learning Garden classrooms in schools across America.
Learning Gardens teach children an understanding of food, healthy eating, lifestyle choices and environment through lesson plans and activities that tie into existing school curriculum, such as math, science, and literacy.
Each of The Kitchen restaurants donates a percentage of sales to help plant Learning Gardens in its local community. Musk faced scrutiny in after changing his Next Door's Family Fund program in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The fund was originally set up to help employees during an emergency situation. Contributions came from employees of Next Door.
On 9 February , [ 53 ] Musk sold 30, shares of Tesla, Inc. As a result of that poll, Elon Musk sold billions of dollars of Tesla shares and the stock price sank.
